Softball Week in Review
The
week of May 8, 2011 started in auspiscious fashion with a fairly clean
7-5 Wolverines victory over Ballbusters who honored their name only in
a verbally berating sense. John C provided comic relief with some awful
baserunning. "Yeah, pretty embarrassing...nobody wants to be put out at
1B on a hit to the outfield..." said John C, "but I was kind of hurting
toward the end of the game. I hit the ball hard to right and their
RF--all knees and elbows--high-tailed it after the ball. I kind of
figured there was no way he could throw me out--he was hardly a
physical specimen--then wham! A laser to 1B. Personally I think I was
safe, but that's not how the ump saw it." Video replays, on the other
hand, clearly show John C was thrown out by no less than 4 steps.
On
Monday, EYS MisFits beat up on their perennial playoff foe, All-Stars,
24-10. With their reworked lineup featuring offseason aquisition Eric
G, EYS looks primed for another very deep playoff run. John C started
the game in the circle and flummoxed All-Stars offense with a dizzying
array of knucklers, two seamers, and curve balls. Close through 4
innings, the EYS offense lived up to its promise in the bottom of the
5th delivering an effective knock out blow to All-Stars. The stage is
now set for a huge regular season rematch on June 21 under the lights
on Nott Road #1.
Toyota
of Clifton Park faced an unfamiliar opponent on Thursday: Local 7
Hitmen, who feature a season lengthening combination of poor defense
and punchless offense. Fred C capped their offense while providing
Toyota with another quality start. Toyota's 2-0 start with 27 runs
scored is much improved over last season, but a real test comes this
Thursday when they host Synergy Fitness at Mullen's Park. Synergy has
pasted their opponents over 3 games scoring 57 runs while surrendering
only 6.
The
feature game for Friday pit Anarchy against Blood, Sweat & Beers.
Anarchy pitcher Chris provided a strong start for her team and held a
lead for 6 1/3 innings. Anarchy's lack of offense and several defensive
miscues ultimately betrayed Chris's effort to pitch Anarchy to their
first victory. Anarchy's next chance to grab a W comes this Wednesday
against Jim's Masonary.
Enrico Palazzo did not play during the previous week and both their May 15 and May 17 games were rained out.
